Pci e

[travismontana]

ok i got a gateway 830gm from a estate sale...for 5 bucks, hard drive is gone and so is one of the 512 ddr modules but thats cheap to buy...but the pci express slot has been removed..the motherboard is fine but the slot is toatlly gone, and there the motherboard states and etched on there that theres suppose to be a pcix16 in there. how do i get one put back in? where do i look on here or what is called?

 

[Pyree]

It is not uncommon for company selling cheap OEM modo that has cost cutting features such as not having pice slot.

 

[travismontana]

it has the connections and all to have a pci e and in the bios, how can i get the bus replacement part

 

[Pyree]

I am unaware on how you can add a pci-e connector to a mobo. Sorry. That is too advance on the hardware side for me.

 

[dish_moose]

Not worth the trouble to connect a SMD PCIe connector - If you were good at smd rework(I like to think I am) just buy a mobo and save yourself a lot of aggravation.
-Bruce

 

[ko888]

Don't assume that the PCI Express x16 socket is all that is missing.

Gateway had the OEM leave off the PCI Express x16 socket and its supporting SMD components like resistors and capacitors because they knew that they would not be including discrete graphics cards in systems that use that motherboard.

It all comes down to the almighty dollar. Saves money for Gateway. Probably increased their profit margin too.